Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "Nightly News Full Broadcast - July 28" video.
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@rosscohenderson1651 History is important. "The reason presidents can't keep their White House records dates back to Nixon. For the first two centuries of U.S. history, outgoing presidents simply took their documents with them when they left the White House. The materials were considered their personal property.
But for the past four decades, every presidential document — from notebook doodles to top-secret security plans — is supposed to go directly to the National Archives as the material is considered the property of the American people.
The rules changed for one reason: Watergate. When President Nixon resigned amid the 1974 scandal, he wanted to take his documents to his home in California — including his infamous tape recordings.
Congress realized it would not have access to that material, and they also feared it could be destroyed. So legislators passed the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act, which made all of Nixon's material public property.
However, that measure applied to Nixon only. In 1978, Congress passed the more sweeping Presidential Records Act that has been the standard ever since.
"Every president, when they leave office, those records that have been created by the president and his staff are presidential records that go to the National Archives," Baron said. "The owner is the American people."
This includes all presidential material, whether it's routine, unclassified notes or top-secret national security documents." NPR
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The Hillary Clinton email case was investigated and resolved. "Investigation of Clinton emails ends, finding no ‘deliberate mishandling'. To warrant a criminal charge, Mr. Comey said, there had to be evidence that Mrs. Clinton intentionally transmitted or willfully mishandled classified information. The F.B.I. found neither, and as a result, he said, “our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.
Overall, the Clinton investigation handling cast a cloud over the FBI, the report says. The report is highly critical of some actions taken in the investigation, concluding that Comey and the bureau's actions, and the behavior of the five employees, "negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and Department of Justice as fair administrators of justice." PBS
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The Hillary Clinton email case was investigated and resolved. "Investigation of Clinton emails ends, finding no ‘deliberate mishandling'. To warrant a criminal charge, Mr. Comey said, there had to be evidence that Mrs. Clinton intentionally transmitted or willfully mishandled classified information. The F.B.I. found neither, and as a result, he said, “our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.
Overall, the Clinton investigation handling cast a cloud over the FBI, the report says. The report is highly critical of some actions taken in the investigation, concluding that Comey and the bureau's actions, and the behavior of the five employees, "negatively impacted the perception of the FBI and Department of Justice as fair administrators of justice." PBS
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